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Encyclopedia > James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn.

Sir James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn, KG (born July 4, 1934) is a Northern Irish peer and politician, and currently Lord Steward of the Household. Image File history File links James_Hamilton,_Duke_of_Abercorn. ... Image File history File links James_Hamilton,_Duke_of_Abercorn. ... The insignia of a knight of the Order of the Garter. ... is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Northern Ireland is an administrative region and one of four parts of the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see Peerage (disambiguation). ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... Lord Steward or Lord Steward of the Household, in England, an important official of the monarchs household. ...


Biography

Hamilton was educated at Eton College and the Royal Agricultural College. In 1952, he was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards. From 1964 to 1970, he was Ulster Unionist MP for Fermanagh & South Tyrone. In 1986, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of County Tyrone. In 1999, he was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Garter, and he is the colonel of the Irish Guards; additionally, he was appointed Lord Steward of the Royal Household in 2001. The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is a public school (privately funded and independent) for boys, founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. It is located in Eton, Berkshire, near Windsor in England, situated north of Windsor... Royal Agricultural College is a United Kingdom university college based at Cirencester in Gloucestershire. ... The Grenadier Guards is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Fermanagh & South Tyrone is a Parliamentary Constituency in the British House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... This is an incomplete list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of County Tyrone. ... The insignia of a knight of the Order of the Garter. ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... This article deals with the current British Army regiment, for historical regiments, see Historical Irish Guards regiments. ... almLord Steward or Lord Steward of the Household, in England, an important official of the Royal Household. ... In all the medieval monarchies of western Europe the general system of government sprang from, and centred in, the royal household. ...


He is one of the largest land owners in Northern Ireland with more than 15,000 acres (61 km²). His seat is Baronscourt, near Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... , Omagh (from the Irish: An Ómaigh meaning The Sacred Plain) is the county town of County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, situated where the rivers Drumragh and Camowen meet to form the Strule. ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Omagh Area: 3,155 km² Population (est. ... Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ...


Family and Children

In 1966 he married Anastasia Alexandra "Sacha" Phillips (b. February 27, 1946), eldest daughter of Lt.-Col. Harold Pedro Joseph Phillips (1909–1980) and Georgina Wernher (b. 1919), elder daughter and co-heiress of Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Baronet, of Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire). The Duchess is known by her second name Alexandra, and her nickname "Sacha". She is the elder sister of Natalia, wife of the Duke of Westminster. Alexandra Sacha Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn (b. ... is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Georgina, Lady Kennard is the mother of the Duchess of Westminster and the Duchess of Abercorn and a cousin of the 4th Marquess of Milford Haven. ... South-west facade of Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire. ... Bedfordshire (abbreviated Beds) is a county in England that forms part of the East of England region. ... Natalia Ayesha Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster (née Phillips) (born 8 May 1959) is the wife of Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, with whom she has four children. ... Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, KG, OBE, TD, DL (born 22 December 1951 in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland), is the son of Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster, and his wife Hon. ...


The Duke and Duchess of Abercorn have two sons and a daughter:

  • James Harold Charles Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton (b. 19 August 1969), who was styled Viscount Strabane before his father became Duke. On 7 May 2004 he married Tanya Marie Nation (b. 1971) at Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks. She was the eldest daughter of Douglas Percy Codrington Nation, the senior managing director of Bear Stearns. (1942–2001). They have one child, James Alfred Nicholas Hamilton, Viscount Strabane (b. 30 October 2005).
  • Lady Sophia Alexandra Hamilton (b. 1973), who was a model before 1996. She married British war journalist Anthony Loyd in 2002, but they divorced, without children, in 2005.
  • Lord Nicholas Edward Hamilton (b. 1979) who is not married.
Parliament of the United Kingdom (1801–present)
Preceded by
Lord Robert Grosvenor
Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and South Tyrone
19641970
Succeeded by
Frank McManus
Honorary titles
Preceded by
James Hamilton-Stubber
Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone
1986–present
Succeeded by
(current incumbent)
Preceded by
The Viscount Ridley
Lord Steward
2001–present
Succeeded by
(current incumbent)
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
James Hamilton
Duke of Abercorn
1979–present
Succeeded by
(current incumbent)
Order of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by
His Grace the Duke of Sutherland
His Grace the Duke of Abercorn
United Kingdom Order of Precedence
Gentlemen
Succeeded by
His Grace the Duke of Westminster

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Duke of Abercorn (150 words)
The title Duke of Abercorn was created in 1868 and bestowed upon James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Abercorn.
In acknowledgement of his loyalty, James VI of Scotland (James I of England), conferred on Lord Claud Hamilton, younger son of the Earl of Arran[?], the Barony of Paisley.
His son James Hamilton was created Baron Abercorn in 1603, and in then 1606 he was made Earl of Abercorn and Lord of Mountcastle, Paisley, Hamilton and Kilpatrick.
Marquesses And Dukes Of Hamilton - LoveToKnow 1911 (1689 words)
James, 2nd Lord Hamilton, son of the 1st lord and Princess Mary, was created earl of Arran in 1503; and his son James, who was regent of Scotland from 1542 to 1554, received in February 1 549 a grant of the duchy of Chatellerault in Poitou.
At the pacification of Perth in 1573 the Hamiltons abandoned Mary's cause, and a reconciliation with the Douglases was sealed by Lord John's marriage with Margaret, daughter of the 7th Lord Glamis, a cousin of the regent Morton.
James Douglas, 4th duke of Hamilton (1658-1712), eldest son of the preceding and of Duchess Anne, succeeded his mother, who resigned the dukedom to him in 1698, and at the accession of Queen Anne he was regarded as leader of the Scottish national party.
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